Reflection

This semester in English 1A at San Jose City College, was a long one. There was a good amount of assignments, but not clear on points earned. How the homework was formatted was nice, having to post a blog every week. The hard part with that is that it is hard to write 500 words on a topic that you don’t want to write about.

It was difficult when the class was linked to a history class. I am not the greatest writer, and when it comes to history, (which is not completely horrible just repetitive sometimes a tiny bit boring) it is hard to write about it and be original at the same time. When writing to the stories, like Occurrence at Owl Creek by Bierce, was not so hard. None of it was that hard, I was just uninspired at times.

As a writer I think I have improved somewhat. I think I did well in the history midterms and final in the writing department, but did get the highest grade due to historical accuracy, whereas if it was multiple choice a better grade in some of the midterms (a B to an A) might be reachable.

I have never done a research paper before, and that was by far the hardest. The research was hard to find and to write about it without copying it or citing it properly. I hope to not have to do too many in the future, but I guess the first one will always be the worst… so I can learn from that.

I probably could have done a lot better, but it was my first year, and a full time student with a job, I spent a lot of my time sleeping when not at school or work.  I am glad the semester is over and I have a short break until summer classes. It was a nice class, and I liked all my peers.

Again with the word count, I am just falling short on the 500 words. I noticed a lot of people didn’t always do the required amount, but as long as it is satisfactory work I guess?

Ariel Out!